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1942 — 1st edition. Original (?) blue boards, 4to [Life Magazine Size], 188 (Yiddish) + 39 (English) pages. In Yiddish and English. Annual Yearbook of the American Federation for Polish Jews, started in 1932-33, as Hitler ascended to power in Germany. Title varies based on the year: Polish Jews; Polish Jew; Poilisher Yid; Poylishe Idn. English essays include: Abraham Goldberg In Memoriam; Abraham Goldberg (by Louis Lipsky); Message to the Delegates of the 34th Convention (by Benjamin Winter); Looking Ahead (by B.J. Weinberg); Jewish Cultural-Aesthetic Life in the Independent Poland (byJakob Apenszlak); Polish Jews in War and Peace (byDr. Joseph Tenenbaum); Polish Jewish Artists (by Alfred Werner); Reactionary Groups in Poland (by Alexander Z. Hafftka); Art and Art Appreciation (by Rachel Wischnitzer-Bernstein); Federation Activities (by M.B.); & Women's Division. The American Federation for Polish Jews, formerly known as the Federation of Polish Jews in America, was founded in 1908 as the Federation of Russian-Polish Hebrews, primarily to “help Polish landslayt in New York in any possible way" and to strengthen the activities of landsmanshaftn in the city. It established the Beth David Hospital to aid members and newly arrived immigrants around 1912 and contributed to the People's Relief Committee in 1919. The Federation sent a delegate to the Versailles Peace Conference in 1919. In 1920, the organiztion dropped the word "Russian" from its name and in 1926, changed the word "Hebrews" to "Jews". The Organization established the related World Federation of Polish Jews in 1935 for relief and economic assistance for Jews in Poland. The women's division, Ezra, was organized in 1931. The Federation cooperated with the Association of Jewish Refugees and Immigrants from Poland in publishing “The Black Book of Polish Jewry” in 1943. In the mid-1940s, they also coordinated relief activities of New York Polish landsmanshaftn on behalf of their home towns and landslayt, going on, in the 1950s, to campaign actively against antisemitism and racial discrimination. Leaders included Dr. Joseph Tenenbaum, Zelig Tygel, and Benjamin Winter (YIVO). SUBJECT(S): Jews -- United States -- Periodicals. -- Poland. -- Europe. Juifs -- E´tats-Unis -- Pe´riodiques. -- Pologne -- OCLC: 145390394. Stains to spine Very Good Condition (AMR-65-4B-EL’x)